General clt design principal align grain of major strength axis parallel to primary panel load wall gravity loads vertical grain layers beam design span with major axis ignore layers grain perpendicular to primary panel load 53 clt under stress mmk m1 bsp crossplan en 54 clt under stress 55 ifull ieff mmk m1 bsp crossplan en.
Clt wall panel thickness.
Panel section with gaps and grooves sawn in the timber to relieve shrinkage stresses 28.
Clt wall engineered floor adapted from trada 2009 27.
The apa mark of quality.
Widths up to 18 feet and lengths up to 98 feet are possible but uncommon.
Machine stress rated or visually graded dimensional lumber or scl dried to 12 moisture content before layup.
A common na thickness is 1 3 8 planed 2x stock prg 320 provides thickness to width requirements of laminations.
Clt wall i joist adapted from trada 2009 26.
Per prg 320 2012 5 8 to 2 thick.
13800 x 3100 x 400 mm lenght x width x thickness.
Clt wall i joist adapted from trada 2009 27.
The layered stacks are then pressed in large hydraulic or vacuum presses to form an interlocked panel.
The timber is strength graded to bs en 14081 1 2005 and glued together in a press which applies pressure over the entire surface area of the panel.
This maximizes the utilization of crosslam clt to produce cost effective structures.
Clt sizing finished panels are typically 2 to 10 feet wide with lengths up to 60 feet and thickness up to 20 inches.
Cross laminated timber clt panels are formed by stacking and gluing together successive perpendicular layers of wood.
Structural composition of clt laminations.
Maximum size of a panel.
Alternating grains improve clt panels dimensional stability.
Board thickness typically varies between 5 8 inch to 2 inches with board width ranging from 2 4 to 9 5 inches the panels can be manufactured at custom dimensions though transportation restrictions dictate their length.
The panel is then sized and shaped with a computer numerically control cnc machine into a fully construction ready component.